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NYPD Officers Shoot and Kill Three Black Men in One Week
Paul J. Browne, the New York Police Department's chief spokesman,
said there was "no evidence that he was armed" when the officer, a
member of a narcotics unit, shot him once in the upper left chest, the New York Times reports.
The Graham shooting is the third time in a week that a member of the NYPD had killed a suspect. On Jan. 26, an off-duty police lieutenant shot a 22-year-old carjacking suspect in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. And on Sunday, an off-duty detective shot a 17-year-old in Bushwick, Brooklyn, during a mugging, authorities said.
In Graham's case, police found a small bag of marijuana in the toilet at the home he entered after the pursuit, the NY Times reports. "It's likely the story will thicken...
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